La Purisima Golf Course Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Santa Barbara
Congratulations to La Purisima Golf Course winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Santa Barbara County.
“Worth the Green Fee,” unlike the Best Playing Conditions Award, is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.
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How Awards Winners Are Determined
Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 72,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.
We divide awards into 11 sections — Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.
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La Purisima Golf Course
matthew823
Posted: 09/19/18 9:31a
Member Since: Jul 2, 2012
From: Phoenix, AZ
Golf Playing Conditions 7.23 GREAT
Played La Purisima 9/11/18 second off on a foggy morning. The first four holes were virtually blind due to the fog, which really adds to the abundant challenge!
Course was in excellent condition overall. Greens rolled well, though not especially fast. Fairways were well covered, rough was lush and relatively thick, but not especially long. Tees were generally well covered but several lacked areas where they were very level.
As the second group off, POP was not an issue and the fog eventually lifted and gave way to a beautiful day. This is a gorgeous course but a difficult one.
Mission Club Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2017 for Santa Barbara County
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Congratulations to Mission Club winning our Worth the Green Fee 2017 Award for Santa Barbara County.
“Worth the Green Fee” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.
Let’s face it, golf can be expensive. It doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend their deals directly to our golfers.
How Awards Winners Are Determined
Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 70,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.
We divide awards into 11 sections — Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.
Greenskeeper.Org Awarded For the Good of the Game Award 2017 by the CGCOA
Editor’s Note: Johnny GK and Greenskeeper.Org has been recognized by the California Golf Course Owners Association as Good for the Game of Golf in 2017. Shows you that both golfers and golf course operators understand the benefit of working with Greenskeeper.Org. We are the RESOURCE where avid and casual golfers come to make their decision where to play their next round. “Know Before You Go”® with Greenskeeper.Org. You’ll be glad you did.
#Recent Golf Course Review
Hogan Posted: 05/30/17 4:37p Member Since: Oct 21, 2006 From: Temecula
MIssion Club Lompoc California Hole 4 Tee Box View
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Golf Playing Conditions 7.51 GREAT
Played 5/26. First out, a real treat; course in very good shape. All the rains really helped. greens are tricky to read, especially anything coming in from the sides towards the hole. It plays with more break than your eyes see. If you miss, keep everything under the hole if possible. Chipping and pitching from the sides is challenging, greens are bigger than they look, and being closer to the ocean, the ball does not carry like it does inland. Consider taking a longer club on some approach shots, especially since many greens slope pretty good from front to back, with some false fronts.
Course is now open to the public, but, call ahead; lots of member groups, outings etc. just to be on the safe side. Owned by the same gentlemen who bought La Purisima, a good choice to play, if in the area, stay healthy, drive safely,
Worth the Green Fee 2017
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Greenskeeper.Org Awards La Purisima Golf Course – Santa Barbara County’s Best Playing Conditions 2017
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Congratulations to La Purisima Golf Course for winning Best Playing Conditions 2017 for Santa Barbara County.
Not to be confused with “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing consistently the best greens, fairways, rough, tee boxes and bunkers around.
The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course industry and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience. It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions. A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux. Greenskeeper.org’s trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents.
How Awards Winners Are Determined
Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 70,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.
We divide awards into 11 sections — Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.
Greenskeeper.Org Awarded For the Good of the Game Award 2017 by the CGCOA
Editor’s Note: Johnny GK and Greenskeeper.Org has been recognized by the California Golf Course Owners Association as Good for the Game of Golf in 2017. Shows you that both golfers and golf course operators understand the benefit of working with Greenskeeper.Org. We are the RESOURCE where avid and casual golfers come to make their decision where to play their next round. “Know Before You Go”® with Greenskeeper.Org. You’ll be glad you did.
#Recent Golf Course Review
rgm2525 Posted: 01/06/18 8:57p Member Since: Jan 24, 2005 From: chatsworth
Golf Playing Conditions 7.73 GREAT
Played 1-6-18 first out as a single playing in a little under 2 1/2 hours. With nobody in front of me, nobody behind me, and no maintenance people around it felt like I had my own private golf course. Course conditions haven’t changed much since last time I played here. Rough my have been cut down a little lower, and greens were a little softer, but everything else was in the same good shape.
stamiam Posted: 11/18/17 1:03p Member Since: Apr 26, 2003 From: Santa Monica, CA
One of the best and most challenging courses in CA. The course is in a beautiful area with rolling hills and trees if you hit your shots offline. The course looks benign but it is very tough. While the fairways and greens are in excellent shape, the rough is bumpy, can be very tough and is inconsistent. You are at the mercy of your lies when you miss the fairway. A couple tee boxes could be fixed – mostly uneven, but this is minor to me, overall they are OK. The wind almost always picks up in the afternoon making the course more of a challenge. The sand traps sometimes are firm and there are a lot of high lips so it depends where you are in the trap as to difficulty.
The 15th hole can be played safely by hitting it straight, but the hole would play better if they cleaned up (it is bare, bumpy, dusty and with a lot of burrowing animal holes) the area left of the bunkers on left side of fairway and allow a good shot in that direction.
Other than that the course is a gem. Usually only crowded (and still mildly) on the weekends. Great people work there and it is a hidden gem.
Best Playing Conditions 2017
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Congratulations to La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc, California 2016 Winner Worth the Green Fee for Santa Barbara County.
Congratulations to all the great golf courses out there that won Worth the Green Fee for their Region. Haven’t thought of playing there? Consider this a wake up call and give their golf course a try.
La Purisima Golf Course 2016 Winner Worth the Green Fee for Santa Barbara County
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This year we expanded our awards to 11 regions! @GreenskeeperOrg Winner #2016 @LaPurisimaGolf #Golf #WorththeGreenFee #SantaBarbara #Breaking
We’ve waited all year for the results, and the results are finally in. Greenskeeper.org proudly presents it’s 2016 Worth the Green Fee Awards for Santa Barbara County.
“Worth the Green Fee” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing a consistent, quality golf experience at an outstanding price.
Let’s face it, golf can be expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. All you have to know is where to play to get your best value and that’s something Greenskeeper.org excels. In addition to helping golfers decide where to play their next round of golf based on reviews, ratings, and maintenance alerts, we’ve recently introduced our GK Coupons service to extend their deals directly to our avid golfers. Our GK Coupons program has been received very well by both Golf Course Operator and Golfer.
rgm2525 Posted: 01/16/17 6:28p Member Since: Jan 24, 2005 From: chatsworth
Played 1-14-17 first out as a single walking in a little under three hours.
Tee boxes were in good shape, mostly lush and level with a few being a little thin and unlevel mostly on three pars. Fairways were in nice shape very lush with a few small bare areas. Rough was not as long as normal but still thick and tough to hit from. Didn’t go into any bunkers but most of them looked to be okay with some still holding some water from the rains.
Greens were in great shape, the best that I have seen them in a while rolling smooth with medium/fast speed. The course held up very well from all the rain. Definitely worth going out and playing.
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La Purisima Golf Course Lompoc California. Hole 12 Par 5
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La Purisima Golf Course Lompoc California. Hole 15 Green-side
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Worth the Green Fee 2016 for Santa Barbara County – La Purisima Golf Course
GDR23 Posted: 10/03/16 7:38p Member Since: Mar 21, 2006 From: Thousand Oaks
Rode the Black tees today 10/3/2016 playing 36 holes with RGM2525 finishing both rounds in about 6 hours. Used the all you can play GK coupon which includes cart and range balls for $47.00–a spectacular deal for one of the toughest courses and beautiful layouts in California.
Morning round was in the low 60’s with a light breeze– we were greeted with a 20-25 mph swirling wind during our afternoon round. The staff here are very friendly. They have a cool elevated range, big chipping green and nice huge putting green that mirror’s the speed of the greens on the course. The greens were super pure putting wise and in very good shape. Little to no ballmarks, holding irons very nicely. I have seen them faster but overall I am rating the greens an 8/10.
The fairways were mostly lush, green with a couple dried out brownish spots here and there that do not effect play. If you are in the fairway you have a nice lie. The tees were mostly lush and mostly level–only a couple of boxes were crowned. Seemed like they have redone the black tee box on #3.
Overall rating for the tees were a 7.5/10. Was in 3 green-side bunkers over 36 holes and I loved the bunkers–very rarely am I 3/3 out of sand saves. Sand is thicker, raked and in good shape. Rated 8/10 Rough was thick 2-3 inches and lush in most places lining the fairways and greens. I will say beware of being under trees in the rough or just in the rough at all. There are places were your ball might sink down in a hole in the rough–tough to hit a 295 yd drive down the middle of the fairway–hit a slope in the fairway–roll in the rough and then ride up to find your ball in a hole barely being able to advance it–lol–that’s what makes this course very tough. Rough rating 8/10.
Today we maybe saw 2-4 total groups on the golf course–it was like playing our own private golf course. I would HIGHLY recommend this golf course.
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Why Did We Expand the Regions?
It’s simple. Greenskeeper.org has been growing. We expanded the number of regions because golfers like you have reported about golf course conditions in more places you play. In short golfers come to us if they want informative, relevant golf course reviews and it’s all due to your, our GK Community’s, diligence. You let us know your experiences and well if we hear about it everyone else does too.
Why so Many Regions?
Golf is an experience and every experience is unique. Different golf courses offer different experiences. What we look for in golf course reviews offers a little insight into every golf course we play. Not just one point of view but many, and by providing many different points of view you get a clearer picture of what each golf course has to offer. To that end we felt it necessary to provide regions with their own highlighted golf course. Local players can enjoy the fact there is a great facility they can play just around their corner. Golfers looking to experience new golf courses can play these and experience first-hand these unique golf experiences. Put simply, we allow not just your high-end. daily fee courses to shine but the local municipal as well. They all deserve a fair shot and they all deserve to shine.
Look for additional Golf Course highlights from our Worth the Green Fee for 2016.
Congratulations to La Purisima Golf Course winning Worth the Green Fee 2018 Award for Santa Barbara County.
